Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

We Lived Through 2020 and All We Got Were These Really Good Books

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | December 7, 2020

The Hidden Literary Heritage of <em>Harriet the Spy</em>

The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

Leslie Brody on the Origins of an Iconic Character

By Leslie Brody | December 4, 2020

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in <em>The Undoing</em>?

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in The Undoing?

On Victimhood as a Privilege of Whiteness

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 4, 2020

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Patrick Allington Disagrees with Jonathan Franzen About J R

By Patrick Allington | December 3, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

By Unni Turrettini | December 3, 2020

Kelly Link: Why You Should Read This Classic Trilogy

By Kelly Link | December 2, 2020

On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

By Lizzy Saxe | December 1, 2020

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 1, 2020

On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern <br>Fantasy Novel

On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
Fantasy Novel

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 30, 2020

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books, November Edition

Featuring Sacred Lands, Ancient Skeletons, Unquiet Places, and More

By Book Marks | November 25, 2020

What is the Project of <br>Trans Poetics Now?

What is the Project of
Trans Poetics Now?

Editors Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel on Moving Towards
a Revolutionary Practice

By Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel | November 25, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

Featuring Barack Obama, Celia Paul, a Vermeer Thief, and More

By Book Marks | November 25, 2020

Announcing <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Fiction Award Shortlist

Brit Bennett, Bernardine Evaristo, Susan Abulhawa, and More

By Reading Women | November 25, 2020

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

So Many Damn Books Has Some Ideas for Your Holiday Wishlist

Chris and Drew Open the Phone Lines for a
Recommendation Extravaganza

By So Many Damn Books | November 25, 2020

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